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Legislative attempts to restrict the sale of firearms have met with determined opposition from lobbies like the National Rifle Association. These groups--arguing that "Guns don't kill, people do," and "Criminals will be able to get guns anyway"--have successfully blocked reforms in state and federal gun control statutes...
Harvard--and MIT and Lesley--had objected to including many of their buildings on the register because that would restrict their use of federal money. The state historical commission ignored their complaints last month, voting overwhelmingly to nominate buildings from each campus to the register...
...Federal Government, which now employs tax incentives to spur use of energy-saving insulation, including formaldehyde foam. Acting on the conclusion of a scientific advisory panel that there is indeed a cancer risk involved, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is slated to vote this week on whether to restrict foam insulation...
Proponents of the proposal last night said last month's passage of Proposition 21/2, which will sharply restrict local property tax revenues, makes the payroll tax necessary. Harvard and other universities, exempt from the property tax, currently pay taxes only on real estate not used for academic purposes...
...added that the amendment reflects a recent governmental trend to restrict desegregation legislation...